1890 – D. McCree patents portable fire escape.
1909 – Construction of US navy base begins at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1911 – Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
1921 – US President Warren G. Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery.
1925 – Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session.
1926 – U.S. Route 66 is established from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California…2,448 miles.
1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator.
1939 – Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America.”
1943 – US air raid on Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.
1957 – Sun Record’s release single “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis; sells a million copies in first ten days.
1959 – 1st episode of Jay Ward’s cartoon series “Rocky & His Friends”, featuring Rocket J. (“Rocky”) Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose airs on NBC.
1966 – Methodist Church & Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA)
1972 – Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time.
1981 – LA Dodger starter Fernando Valenzuela becomes first MLB rookie to win a CY Young Award; Milwaukee Brewers’ Rollie Fingers takes AL Award.
1992 – The Church of England approves the ordination of female priests.
1997 – CBS News anchor Dan Rather renews his contract to 2002.
2008 – Taylor Swift releases her second studio album “Fearless” (Billboard Album of the Year, 2009; Grammy Album of the Year, 2010, American Music Awards, 2009)
2014 – An Italian Appeals court overturns a manslaughter conviction against 6 scientists for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly earthquake.
2019 – Arctic blast brings record low temperatures for November to the US Midwest including Kansas, Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois.
2020 – Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians (AL) and Cincinnati Reds starter Trevor Bauer (NL) take Cy Young Award for best pitchers in MLB.
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